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samuel otukoyahttps://plus.google.com/101906692775821855490noreply@blogger.comBlogger9726125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-85602509435750863332018-03-15T15:20:00.002+01:002018-03-15T15:20:43.716+01:00Blocked From America, Atiku Sells Controversial $2.95 Million U.S. Home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fdVCZkk0Qhk/WqqBAhdf0yI/AAAAAAAAFvY/NQcVVbWwPr87jnhdXU8ghxVdwOcC1aw7QCLcBGAs/s1600/Atiku_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="500" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fdVCZkk0Qhk/WqqBAhdf0yI/AAAAAAAAFvY/NQcVVbWwPr87jnhdXU8ghxVdwOcC1aw7QCLcBGAs/s320/Atiku_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />A luxury mansion co-owned by former Vice Presiden Atiku Abubakar, and his fourth wife, Jennifer Douglas, in the posh neighbourhood of Potomac, Maryland, United States, has been auctioned. The property gained international notoriety in 2005 after it was searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in connection with a bribery scandal involving disgraced former U.S. Congressman, William Jefferson. The seven-bedroom cream-coloured single family brick house on 9731 Sorrel Ave, Potomac, Maryland, was originally listed for $3.25 million on Zillow and other online real estate websites on January 25, 2018. It was eventually sold for a pending offer of $2.95 million on February 26, 2018 after an online auction. A pending offer means a buyer and seller of the property have reached a deal. However, a buyer can still pull out from the deal (which is very unlikely) if they cannot resolve issues like cost of repairs or they cannot get a bank to approve a loan for the purchase of the property. Atiku and his wife bought the 7,131 square feet house in December 1999 for $1.75 million. Built in 1988, the house was described on Zillow as one of the finest in the tony neighbourhood of Falconhurst, Potomac, where houses are valued between $2 million and $10 million. The Atikus’ mansion is a colonial-style building that sits in the middle of a 2.3 acres premises of lush green trees. The mansion has a total of 21 rooms, multiple terraces which are said to be ideal for outdoor parties, a pool sauna, a gazebo, a gourmet kitchen and an outdoor swimming pool. Sources with knowledge of the state of the mansion but who requested not to be named because they did not want to be publicly associated with this story, said the Atikus had not lived in the mansion since the politician left office as vice president in 2007. One source told PREMIUM TIMES that after 2007, house service staff lived in the mansion for some years, but the place was later locked up, and had remained unoccupied. Tax records from the Montgomery County, Washington DC, show that Ms. Douglas consistently paid property taxes on the mansion from 1999 to 2016. She, however, is in default of $27,913.77 being that for 2017. The house was not in foreclosure as it was paid for completely by the Atikus and available records showed that no bank loan was involved in its purchase. The sale of the mansion was not listed as a public auction, which is an auction done under a court order on behalf of government or its agencies. There is also no evidence that the sale is connected to the now infamous 2005 case or any other unknown criminal investigations. Paul Ibe, the spokesperson for the former VP told PREMIUM TIMES the sale of the mansion was voluntary and strictly an investment decision. “Atiku Abubakar is a successful businessman who has a long history of real estate investments,” Mr. Ibe said in response to an enquiry by this newspaper. “The U.S. home was simply one of such numerous investments. The home was no longer serving the purpose for which it was bought. Consequently, it has to be put up for sale via open auction, a growing and preferred method of selling high end properties. The proceeds thereof will be deployed to business aimed at creating jobs.” Atiku has consistently denied any wrongdoing in the Jefferson corruption saga that led to the search of his home. But the former vice president’s political rivals have always harped on that episode to discredit him. What is more, the billionaire politician, believed to be nursing a fresh bid to become president of Nigeria in 2019 after several failed attempts, has not travelled to the U.S. for a long time. That has fuelled speculations that he might be avoiding a possible arrest or prosecution. But in an interview with the BOSS newspaper last December, he explained he had made attempts to visit the U.S. but was turned down for administrative reasons. “I applied but wasn’t issued a visa. However, they did not decline me categorically either. They’ve only said my application is going through administrative process. It is the sole prerogative of America to determine who they want in their country or not. I’m not running away from America,” he said. Atiku, William Jefferson and the FBI Search Warrant The sold property attracted international media attention in 2005 after the FBI videotaped Mr. Jefferson, who was the congressman representing Louisiana, receiving $100,000 worth of $100 bills in a leather briefcase as part payment of a $500,000 bribe allegedly demanded by Atiku, who was vice president at the time, to facilitate the award of contracts to some two American telecommunication firms in Nigeria. On August 2, 2005, the FBI applied for a search warrant from William Connelly, a US judge in Maryland, to search the Potomac mansion. A day after the affidavit was filed, the FBI raided the congressional office of Mr. Jefferson and discovered $90,000 “wrapped in aluminum foil and stuffed inside frozen-food containers” and hidden in a freezer. The serial numbers on the bill matched those the FBI had given to an informant.<br /><img src="http://saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/disgraced-former-U.S.-Congressman-William-Jefferson.jpg?itok=DIhrvClm" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606263; font-family: calluna, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.7px; line-height: 30.8px; margin-bottom: 16.5px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; text-shadow: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent;">The affidavit filed by FBI special agent, Edward Cooper, in support of the application for a search warrant of the Maryland home further revealed the details of the bribery scandal. Mr. Cooper told the court that the search of the property was necessary because the FBI has probable cause to believe that the there are evidence of the violations of Title 18 United States Code, Section 201, which relates to the bribery of a public official; Title 18 United States Code, Sections 1343, 1346, and 1349, which deals with wire fraud, deprivation of honest service and scheme defraud. Mr. Cooper also claimed that the evidence he sought in the Atikus’ mansion were believed to be in violation of Title 15, United States Code, Section 78dd-1, which deals with the bribery of a foreign official, Title 18 United States Code, Section371, which deals with the conspiracy to commit bribery and the bribery of a foreign official. Mr. Cooper also listed the items to be seized from the mansion as: 1. Cash in $100 denominations or higher. 2. A new, reddish-brown coloured briefcase retailed or manufactured by Bosca. 3. A reddish-brown coloured cloth bag with two drawing strings on top of the bag. 4. All video recording devices, surveillance videotapes, CDs, digital media or any other electronic devices related to the surveillance of the house grounds, driveway and premises. 5. All recording of visitors to the premises recording arrival, departure or length of stay information. 6. All records, logs, schedule of employees or personnel working at the premises from Monday July 18, 2005 at 6 pm to the present. 7. Records, documents from January 2001 to the present relating to IGate incorporated, Rosecom.net, NDTV, Multimedia Broadband Services Inc, and W2 IBBS Limited. 8. All records and documents relating to communication to and from Atiku Abubakar and William Jefferson regarding the proposed business venture in Nigeria. The bribery investigation started in March 2005 when a “cooperating witness”, who has since been identified as a Virginia-based businessman, Lori Mody, approached the FBI after he suspected that he had been a victim of a fraudulent scheme involving Mr Jefferson, Vernon Jackson, and Brett Pfeffer.</span></div><img src="http://saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/Atiku_2.jpg?itok=BE2Wl9K2" /><br /><br /><br />He was expected to use his influence to communicate with the Nigerian president and vice president to secure the business venture for iGate. The FBI said he wrote to Atiku seeking his assistance in overcoming opposition to iGate’s business venture from the defunct Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL). “With regard to the Nigerian business venture, Jefferson has discussed the making of payments to high-ranking government officials there including the Vice President of Nigeria,” the affidavit stated. “Congressman Jefferson met with the Vice President of Nigeria on July 18, 2005 in Potomac, Maryland. At the meeting the Vice President agreed to help secure the necessary approvals for the participants in the Nigerian business venture to commence operations in Nigeria in exchange for at least 50% of profit planned to be received by CW’s (Mr Mody, the cooperating witness) Nigerian partner,” he wrote. The FBI also claimed that Mr. Jefferson discussed the payment of $500,000 to Atiku before the commencement of the Nigerian business operations. Video surveillance taken on July 30, 2005 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City indicated that Mr. Jeffeson collected $100,000 in a leather briefcase (a reddis-brown Bosca briefcase) from Mr. Mody, which he allegedly claimed was to be given to Atiku to secure his support for the Nigerian business venture. Two days later, Mr. Jefferson told Mr. Mody that he had delivered what he described as the “African art” to Atiku in the early hours of July 31, 2005. Mr. Jefferson had originally suggested, in one of the two meetings with Mr Mody, where the possibility of bribing Atiku was discussed, that the alleged bribe should be paid into a foundation run by Ms. Douglas. During the conversation Mr. Jefferson added that the stated aim of the foundation was to help Nigerian women. He however said the foundation was likely a front. On the evening of July 18, 2005, the FBI stated that Mr. Jefferson visited Atiku and Ms. Douglas at their Potomac mansion and held a private meeting with the former vice president for approximately an hour. At the end of the meeting Mr. Jefferson met with Mr. Mody at a restaurant and told him that Atiku agreed to help with securing the necessary approval for NITEL to participate in the iGate venture for a share of the profit to be earned by iGate’s Nigerian partner, Rosecom (Rosecom has a 25 per cent stake in the business) expected to earn from the business and a $500,000.00 described as “front end” payment. Mr Jefferson also suggested that the money could be sent to Atiku through an investment in the stock market. When eventually searched, no money was found in Atiku’s home, indicating Mr. Jefferson simply kept the bribe money to himself. Jennifer Douglas Ms. Douglas, also known as Jennifer Iwenjiora, Jamila Abubakar, and Jennifer Douglas-Abubakar, met Atiku in the 1980s when she was a television reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). They dated for a while but lost contact when she emigrated to the U.S. While in the U.S, she married and took the name Douglas but was later divorced and became a naturalised American. They were reunited in the early 1990s and resumed their relationship. Atiku spent a considerable amount of time with Ms. Douglas in Maryland during the regime of late dictator Sani Abacha between 1995 and 1998. Atiku was one of those who was persecuted by Mr. Abacha – his stake in logistics company, Intels, was stripped off him on the orders of Mr. Abacha. Mr Douglas enrolled in a PhD in International Relations at the American University and received a doctorate in 2007. She and Atiku married officially in 2003. In that year, Ms. Douglas made a $1 million donation to the American University School of International Service Building Fund, an investigative committee of the U.S. Senate revealed in 2010. The Senate committee, whose mandate was to investigate the flow of suspicious funds into the U.S., revealed that between 2000 and 2008 Ms. Douglas helped her husband bring in over $40 million in suspected illicit funds into the U.S through wire transfer from offshore corporations. In 2008 a civil inquiry by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claimed Ms. Douglas received over $2 million in bribe payments in 2001 and 2002, from German technology company, Siemens AG. Though she denies wrongdoing, Siemens pleaded guilty and settled bribery related civil charges and told the Senate committee that the money was sent to her account. Ms. Douglas, whose last known place of employment was at the American University of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirate where she was a professor on International Relations, played an active role in the establishment of Atiku’s American University of Nigeria Yola. According to the U.S. Senate report, she approached the authorities of the American University, where she was a student in 2002 for assistance in the setting up of the university and served as a liaison between the institution and her husband. She is an unpaid trustee of the university’s board of trustees. Mr. Mody told the FBI that he suspected that the trio were scheming to defraud him of $3.5 million using Mr. Jackson’s company, iGate Incorporated. He said he paid the money to Mr Jackson, who had developed a technology that could enable the transmission of data, audio and video through copper called “Triple Play”, for its reacquisition from another company which had acquired it from iGate. However, Mr. Jackson, after collecting the money, could not produce proof that he had reacquired the technology. He also told the FBI that Mr. Jefferson promised to assist him with his business dealings in Nigeria for a percent share of his business, which he directed to be issued in the names of his children. At the time, Mr. Jefferson was a member of the congressional African Trade and Investment caucus as well as member of the congressional caucus for Nigeria. The FBI revealed that Mr. Jefferson had already received a 30 per cent equity in a Nigerian company controlled by Mr. Mody in exchange for promoting communication equipment and services offered by iGate in Nigeria. Mr. Jefferson also requested that the 30 per cent stake be placed in a Nigerian company controlled by his children.<br /><br /><br />Culled from sahara reporters</div>Andrew Lalahttps://plus.google.com/102261156460517939168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-17134430083966333012018-03-15T15:02:00.000+01:002018-03-15T15:02:47.200+01:00Suspect stabs witness in court, shot dead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-33o2hmbD2FE/Wqp85jgQETI/AAAAAAAAFvM/TVnoD4l-90UHXtJ0XbU3qakZdrBVhiX6wCLcBGAs/s1600/justice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-33o2hmbD2FE/Wqp85jgQETI/AAAAAAAAFvM/TVnoD4l-90UHXtJ0XbU3qakZdrBVhiX6wCLcBGAs/s320/justice.jpg" width="320" height="152" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="762" /></a></div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A gang member on trial was shot dead when he launched himself onto a witness in an attempt to stab him. Siale Angilau, a member of the Tongan Crips gang, was filmed grabbing a pen or pencil before running towards the witness, another gang member. Court footage shows the witness sinking out of the way before a US Marshal shot Angilau, 25, four times. The clip of the incident that took place in 2014 has only now been released to the public, following pressure from outlets — including the Salt Lake Tribune — after US District Judge John Dowdell dismissed a lawsuit brought by Angilau’s family claiming excessive force. The judge wrote in a statement: ’The video completely contradicts the plaintiffs’ argument that Angilau stopped posing a danger within less than one second of launching himself over the witness stand while making a stabbing motion with a pen in his hand.” In the clip, an officer can be heard yelling at Angilau: “Drop the pen, drop the pen out of your hand.” Angilau’s family wanted a jury to see the video to see if the marshal used appropriate force after the FBI found the shooting was justified. Their attorney, Robert Sykes, claims the witness was not in danger after he moved out of the way and the shooting was therefore unnecessary. He said: “Those last three shots were all after he’s been shot once down on the ground in the back, and that’s the problem I have with this case. There was no necessity to use force.” However, Judge Dowdell said that the marshal – referred to as Jane Doe – stopped the attack. He said: “Angilau was in custody, but he essentially had escaped custodial control for those seconds during which he was executing his plan to assault the witnesses. “His attack was stopped by the shots that Jane Doe rapidly fired, in less than one and one-half seconds.” Angilau was rushed to the hospital with at least one chest wound and later died from his injuries. He was in court after being one of 17 people named in a 29-count racketeering indictment that accused gang members of conspiracy, assault, robbery and weapons offences. Angilau was also accused of assaulting two federal officers and brandishing a firearm. His family have not yet decided if they will appeal the judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit.<br /><br />&nbsp;(Yahoo News UK)</div>Andrew Lalahttps://plus.google.com/102261156460517939168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-860247748750098892018-03-15T14:53:00.000+01:002018-03-15T14:53:03.923+01:00Charly Boy Calls For Scrap Of National Assembly <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZJdfPtWZQs/Wqp6lK4SSAI/AAAAAAAAFvA/dN2zQZs8jE87LxpKzw_4VR27jL1jVZMywCLcBGAs/s1600/Charly-Boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pZJdfPtWZQs/Wqp6lK4SSAI/AAAAAAAAFvA/dN2zQZs8jE87LxpKzw_4VR27jL1jVZMywCLcBGAs/s320/Charly-Boy.jpg" width="320" height="224" data-original-width="500" data-original-height="350" /></a></div>Showbiz personality and activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as CharlyBoy is angry about the ongoing ‘pilfering’ of funds from the national treasury by Nigerian lawmakers through bogus salaries and allowances. He is advocating that the greedy lawmakers should be sent home with the dissolution of the National Assembly, according to a post on his Instagram handle on Wednesday. “I believe that we should scrap the National Assembly. Too many 419ers, riffraff, scumbags and criminals. “Honourables who are dishonourable. Distinguished who are riffraffs. Criminals in suits and Agbada. With dis kin poverty and hunger in the land, why are our senators the most paid in the world. Let’s do away with this yeye Senate, save money, so that the common man can have a life. “Very soon we will occupy to protest against the huge waste of our resources. God punish evil people. #ourmumudondo. “This change has changed many people to kidnappers, armed robbers, and paupers. “Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor, they also shall cry themselves, but not be heard.”Andrew Lalahttps://plus.google.com/102261156460517939168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-79873894518354418392018-03-15T14:00:00.000+01:002018-03-15T14:00:05.141+01:00New Music: Ginicah - Amala <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ngO8nY8vXEg/WqpuLB_GqcI/AAAAAAAAEUs/b6zAZ8TIRmsprpVWKssssjJ8OGOUxcJQQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG-20180315-WA0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ngO8nY8vXEg/WqpuLB_GqcI/AAAAAAAAEUs/b6zAZ8TIRmsprpVWKssssjJ8OGOUxcJQQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG-20180315-WA0005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />&nbsp;Ginicah is a Nigerian Singer, songwriter, actress, and a creative director. Aka Giniwonder. Born on June 24th to the Family of Mr and Mrs Lugard Ozieme. She Grew up in Nigeria/USA. Studied Theater Art in the University of Lagos<br />&nbsp;(Unilag). Ginicah is the producer and writer of the online Comedy skit. Titled "Life Of A Graduate" She's Daring, imaginative, Creative with a Super magical Talents.<br />Download the Amala<br /><a href="https://goo.gl/XFBmkb" target="_blank"><br /></a><a href="https://goo.gl/XFBmkb" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD NOW</a>Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-87273623226815036112018-03-13T14:02:00.001+01:002018-03-13T14:02:42.868+01:00Activities to Make You More Active on Your Workday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WRrjcQz7ZaA/WqfL3YooAcI/AAAAAAAAEUc/N01edDTyxBsf4UzYTl6ocV2Xcl6TmmuVQCLcBGAs/s1600/dog-walkers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="750" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WRrjcQz7ZaA/WqfL3YooAcI/AAAAAAAAEUc/N01edDTyxBsf4UzYTl6ocV2Xcl6TmmuVQCLcBGAs/s1600/dog-walkers.jpg" /></a></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-c76e1fda-1f6e-0cd0-7ff5-532c6176d9ed" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Workplaces can be stressful and even more so if it involves sitting behind a desk for long hours. Various studies have shown that sitting for long durations can take a negative toll on one’s health. Some of the health issues that one can experience include abnormal weight gain, heart complications, diabetes, etc.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">One significant advantage of working out during work hours is that it brings out that feel-good effect, which in turn boosts the employer’s and employees’ work output. However, due to a full daytime schedule, most working-class people, especially those who are also parents, may find it impossible to fit in time to work out without affecting their plans.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">To supplement workouts or boost performance one can use</span><a href="https://musclesfax.com/injectables-steroids" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">stéroides</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> alongside eating a properly balanced diet. Other than that, there are a couple of light exercises or activities that you can partake in during your working hours to make you more active, happy and productive.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Cycling or Walking to Work</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Walking or cycling to your workplace if the distance is manageable and you will arrive on time is always a good option. These two ways of commuting are excellent cardio exercises and will make you feel more energized.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">You can look for other ways of making these activities more fun like through using different routes to your workplace. If you drive to work, you can park your car some distance from your workplace and walk the remaining miles.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Challenge Your Workmates</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Challenging your workmates into a fitness competition during your workday can be an excellent way to help you stay active. Activities such as staircase racing, sit-ups, walking as a group, etc. are perfect and can be done during tea or lunch breaks.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Apart from the fitness benefits, group workouts are also a functional team-building activity amongst colleagues.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Use the Stairs</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Ordinarily, you don’t have to take the stairs to the 20</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 6.6pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">th</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> floor. Alighting a floor or two earlier and then taking the stairs is a good way of staying active.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Create a Movable Workstation</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Poor sitting posture for long hours negatively affects your body especially the back and neck regions. A fixed bicycle desk, treadmill desk, a portable laptop stand or desk at a perfect height will help you maintain a correct posture while working.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Deliver Reports or Documents by Hand Rather Than Emailing</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Delivering reports or other documents to your colleagues by hand gives you a chance to move away from your desk and walk around within the office. Apart from the physical advantage, you will also socially interact with other workers seated far from your workstation.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Desk Workouts</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Fitness experts and trainers have developed workouts that can be performed from the comfort of your work desk. The following are some of the workouts:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Desk push-ups: Just like the old-fashioned push-ups, this is a perfect exercise for your arms.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Desk dips: Facing away from your desk, hold onto the edge of the desk with your palms and with legs extended. Move down until your elbows form a 90-degree angle and then move back up.</span></div><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shoulder squeezes: Squeeze your shoulder blades and hold them together for a period before releasing them. This exercise is perfect to stretch your arms and back.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div>Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-41295605932261079372018-03-12T13:53:00.001+01:002018-03-12T13:53:15.771+01:00 Sagay, Falana, CD flay Senate over N13.5m allowance <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C6v1amt6qrU/WqZ39dHJRwI/AAAAAAAAFus/l0JXKXkoDegIJ9EVvI-vi04EIsLjZ38nwCLcBGAs/s1600/senate-apc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C6v1amt6qrU/WqZ39dHJRwI/AAAAAAAAFus/l0JXKXkoDegIJ9EVvI-vi04EIsLjZ38nwCLcBGAs/s320/senate-apc.jpg" width="320" height="180" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="899" /></a></div>Prominent Nigerians and groups on Sunday took a swipe at the National Assembly over the N13.5m running cost being paid to senators. The Campaign for Democracy, senior lawyers, including Mr. Femi Falana, Mr. Yusuf Ali and Prof. Itse Sagay, in separate interviews also commended Senator Shehu Sani for the disclosure. Sani had, in an interview with TheNews, revealed that each senator received N13.5m monthly as running cost apart from the N700,000 consolidated salary and allowances paid to each of them. Sagay said Sani’s revelation had vindicated him on his criticism of the lawmakers. Sagay said. “I’ve always said they earn too much. This figure by Sanni does not include constituency allowances, which is in billions of naira. “We still have budget padding from which millions are made by them. By the time you put all that together, you can see that these people are collecting a huge chunk of the Nigerian budget.” The CD, in its reaction, said the N13.5m running cost could employ over 100 graduates in the country. The CD President, Usman Abdul,said the huge earnings by the senators contributed to the bastardisation of the economy. He said, “You can take good care of over 100 graduates from a senator’s salary. The legislature should deliberate on the abject poverty and unemployment in the country.” Also speaking, Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Jiti Ogunye, said Sani must be commended for his courage. Ogunye said, “What Senator Shehu Sani said has confirmed the long-held fears of Nigerians that Nigerian legislators, both at the state and national levels, have been short-changing Nigerians. “They are not expected to use that elevated position to serve their own interest at the expense of public interest. They are not expected to allow their self-consideration to override their commitment to abiding by the law.” The Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Monday Ubani, said Nigerians must demand a review of the lawmakers’ earnings. Ubani, “It means that Nigerians have not been getting a fair deal from our legislators. If a single person will be earning that kind of money in a country where the minimum wage is N18,000; something has to be done. We need to insist on a review of these jumbo allowances.” The Executive Chairman, Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, Mr. Debo Adeniran, said Nigerians had a right to be displeased because they had not been getting a fair deal from the lawmakers. Adeniran said, “The outcry wouldn’t have been if the legislators have been living up to the expectation of their constituents. Nigerians don’t see the lawmakers as people who are representing their interest.” Falana said Sani’s revelation had proved that Nigerian legislators were the highest paid in the world. Falana, in a statement on Sunday, said, “Apart from the monthly package of N13.5m, each senator is given the opportunity to execute constituency projects to the tune of N200m per annum. However, the disclosure made by Senator Sani does not cover the allowances for cars, housing, wardrobe and furniture running to several millions of naira approved for each senator.” Also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yusuf Ali, said the allowance was insensitive given the state of the economy and the minimum wage of the workers in the country. He said, “Even if there were no mass unemployment and if the economy were buoyant, suchallowance is totally unrelated to our circumstances; it is very insensitive.” The Head of Abuja office of Social Action, a non-governmental organisation, Mrs. Vivian Bellonwu-Okafor, said the revelation was another sad commentary in the history of political offices emolument in Nigeria. A former Managing Director of Unity Bank Plc, Mr Rislanudeen Mohammed, said there was no justification for the N13.5m monthly pay. But the Senate said there was nothing new in what Sani said. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi, in a statement said the figures Sani disclosed were in the public domain. “Senator Shehu Sani, on the salaries and funds for running of offices of Senators, did not disclose anything new as the figures he gave out about running cost of the offices of senators were contained in various line items and expenditure heads of the budget of the National Assembly, which has been made public,” the statement said. Also, the House of Representatives on Sunday said the issue of the total earnings of legislators had been “over-flogged” in Nigeria. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, who spoke to one of our correspondents, said, “The legislature had addressed the issue several times.” Namdas, who spoke for the House, also declined to give what each members of the House earned as running cost.Andrew Lalahttps://plus.google.com/102261156460517939168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-19941997060272665242018-03-12T13:48:00.000+01:002018-03-12T13:54:30.614+01:00Igbo’ll be major beneficiaries of Buhari’s re-election –VON DG<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FSpG4KLj-Fs/WqZ29viNU0I/AAAAAAAAFug/2QY1mabNWiwP-Ooeh_DCgR8CAafhK_sEgCLcBGAs/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="179" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FSpG4KLj-Fs/WqZ29viNU0I/AAAAAAAAFug/2QY1mabNWiwP-Ooeh_DCgR8CAafhK_sEgCLcBGAs/s320/download.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has said Ndigbo will be the major beneficiaries of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term in office. The apex socio-political body of the Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, had, in a recent statement, said it was only interested in restructuring, and had not taken any decision on the 2019 elections. Speaking in Enugu on Sunday, Okechukwu, a member of the All Progressives Congress, advised the Igbo to back Buhari for a second term, as, according to him, restructuring was already on the agenda of the Buhari-led Federal Government. The VON boss added that the Igbo should support Buhari’s second term bid in order to have a chance of producing his (Buhari’s) successor in 2023. Although the President had yet to declare his intention to go for another term, Okechukwu explained that Buhari would seek re-election. Apparently reacting to Ohanaeze’s declaration that it was only concerned with restructuring, and was not thinking of the 2019 polls, Okechukwu said, “Restructuring is not a one-day event, but the golden opportunity of Buhari being the only northerner, going by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the zoning convention, with only four years that ends in 2023 is a matter of fact. “Voting for any other northerner means postponement of the golden opportunity which Mr. President’s re-election offers Ndigbo. “Restructuring is already on the cards of our party, the APC. Definitely some items will be restructured before the 2019 general elections, going by the Mallam Nasir el-Rufai committee’s recommendations.” Okechukwu noted that in addition to the chance of an Igbo succeeding Buhari, the region would also benefit from the President’s infrastructural projects. “Secondly, Ndigbo stand to benefit immensely from Buhari’s massive critical infrastructure – roads, rails, agriculture and power projects. “As one of the most hard-working and entrepreneurial people in Nigeria, we stand no doubt to gain from the 5,000 kilometres of federal roads, 5,000 kilometres of standard gauge rail lines, agrarian revolution and additional 5,000 megawatts of electricity, with a completion cycle of three to five years,” he said. Asked if he was sure that Buhari would actually back an Igbo candidate to succeed him, Okechukwu said, “It is not only about Buhari’s backing, it is more about paradigm shift in the voting pattern of Ndigbo in 2019, which signposts realignment of political forces. “The Igbo, since 1999, have religiously been voting for the Peoples Democratic Party, without commensurate results. Common sense dictates a paradigm shift in our voting pattern in 2019. “Buhari in 2003 and 2007 had Igbo sons as running mates – Chuba Okadigbo and Edwin Umezoke of the blessed memory. Yet, we failed to vote for him. “To align with the mainstream, we should vote for him now. He subscribes to equity and justice and cannot jeopardise the chances of a credible Igbo candidate who can appeal to our brothers and sisters in other regions, especially the South-West and South-South.” Okechukwu added that Buhari would definitely seek a second term in order to complete ongoing and planned infrastructural projects. He observed that it “would be suicidal” if the people of the South-East opted to vote for the PDP once again, and therefore, miss the “infrastructure revolution”.</div>Andrew Lalahttps://plus.google.com/102261156460517939168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-86448250383488295142018-03-12T13:29:00.000+01:002018-03-12T13:29:13.337+01:00Our ‘assets’, a blessing and curse –Women with large boobs and bums<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7V4H6gcDXLM/WqZx63ZvRcI/AAAAAAAAFuM/TxYqWuBLB6YO1wSgYUXNNqITWSee0wsvQCLcBGAs/s1600/81349d11e8e4531d19b76315c4b9b2b6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7V4H6gcDXLM/WqZx63ZvRcI/AAAAAAAAFuM/TxYqWuBLB6YO1wSgYUXNNqITWSee0wsvQCLcBGAs/s320/81349d11e8e4531d19b76315c4b9b2b6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Adedoyin Ajayi is a young lady full of life. A small-scale business woman, her job allows her to interact with persons from diverse backgrounds on a daily basis. Though she operates from the Ikosi area of Lagos, the 28-year-old constantly moves to different parts of the city to carry out transactions. But despite her frequent interactions with people, Ajayi likes to stay away from the limelight. Even though a very friendly person, certain elements have contributed to making her uncomfortable around strangers these days. “I feel very uncomfortable with the stares I get from people, especially men whenever I am walking on the road,” the young woman said, her face growing pale. “Once I emerge, people look at me as if they had seen a ‘ghost’. Some, especially the men, even follow me about just to feed their eyes the more. It is a big problem for me,” she added. Endowed with large breasts and big buttocks, Ajayi’s ‘heavenly assets’ are increasingly proving to be one of her biggest problems today. At only 28, what the Oyo State-born lady ‘carries’, can perhaps be imagined on most women two times her age, who after several child births would have added more flesh in these ‘critical’ regions. Besides the leg-crumbling stares she gets from people, the attention from men – old and young – has become a major source of concern for her. “Sometimes I feel as if I had committed a big crime by having large buttocks and boobs,” Ajayi cut in sharply during an encounter with our correspondent at a popular drinking joint around her neighbourhood earlier in the week. “There is nowhere I go to that people don’t make me feel uncomfortable with their stares. As a matter of fact, I have had to cancel some movements simply because I want to save myself the emotional burden that comes with this problem. On several occasions, I have had to take a cab to certain places just to avoid being harassed by people, especially the men for my endowments. “Apart from the kind of looks I get from people, the disturbance I get from men asking me out is enough for me to remain permanently indoors. A lot of times, when people like these can’t get my contact, they go to look for me on Facebook to see if they search with my name maybe they can find me. But because I changed the spelling of my name on that platform, it is difficult for them to find me. I know this because some men who disturb me a lot confess to me that they went to find me on Facebook. “Though I can handle the situation better now than I used to some years back, I still find it hard to cope with the different names men call me as a result of my big bum and breasts. Many of them promise me all sorts of things but because I know they are only lusting after my body, I don’t give them a chance. This issue is a big problem for me,” she said. But while having a big ‘front’ and ‘rear’ is a serious problem for Ajayi going by the unwarranted attention these natural ‘elements’ attract to her, for Nollywood star – Foluke Daramola-Salako – her big boobs have been a huge source of blessing. <br /><img src="http://cdn.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/09231148/Adedoyin-Ajayi-.jpg" /><br /><br />Known for her mastery interpretation of roles among movie fans, the Obafemi Awolowo University graduate to some men, is a delight because of her big boobs. Soft-spoken and quick to flash a smile, the mother of two told PUNCH that though she used to be shy of her ‘assets’ as a growing girl, she learnt to overcome the issue after reading several literatures. “When I was much younger, I would always wear thick and big clothes to cover my big breasts because I was really shy about it especially as a result of the way guys used to taunt me and call me all sorts of names like ‘milk factory’. “But as I grew older and started reading some books, my understanding opened and I began to appreciate myself the more. I began to see my big boobs as blessing, rather than problem that I used to consider them to be before. “The first attraction for most men who come across me is usually sexual. They see my big boobs and are moved immediately. But as a person, I would never go out with any man because they are attracted to my boobs because I know that it is too ordinary. “As far as I’m concerned, women should stop seeing these ‘assets’ as a problem but take them as blessing. It is only by so doing that they’ll know how to carry themselves better. They should carry themselves well and not be ashamed,” she said. But even though having big boobs has been a blessing for the screen diva, owning such huge ‘asset’ has come with its own troubles, too, Daramola-Salako revealed. She told PUNCH that on several occasions she’s had to go the extra mile to address some of the related challenges. “Finding the right size of bra is one big challenge that people like us have to deal with all the time,” she said during a chat with our correspondent earlier in the week. “It’s a big challenge because a lot of times I have had to travel abroad to source for the right size of bra which can be very expensive. While other women can buy theirs for around N15, 000, I’ll have to spend as much as N45, 000 to get at least one. As a young girl, I’ve had to go to ‘bend down boutiques’ on several occasions to buy bra because I couldn’t find my size in shops that stock new items. After buying such, I’d soak in hot water, wash, before wearing. “However, nowadays I have to travel abroad whenever I need new sets of bras to get good ones. It is not as if there are no locally-made ones, the truth is that they can’t last for more than one week for people like us. This is one of the areas we can say having big breasts can be a source of concern at times,” the star actress added. Another screen diva – Anita Joseph – in a chat with&nbsp; PUNCH admitted that indeed having a massive ‘behind’ has attracted all sorts of attention to her. Though grateful to God for such ‘interesting gift’, the actress said that the stare she gets from men, sometimes scares her. “When it comes to my body, it has not been easy with the advances I get from men because of my bum. It has not been easy at all. It makes me wonder if it is a problem having a big bum or a killer figure. “I can’t even think of adding weight because if I do, my bum would become massive. People pay to make their bum big but God gave me this one for free. Even though the attention has been crazy, I am not thinking of reducing my bum because doing so would be mocking God’s work,” she said. <br /><img src="http://cdn.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/10012029/Joseph.jpg" /><br /><div style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: &quot;Frank Ruhl Libre&quot;, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Though not in proportionate quantity, Torera Abiodun’s ‘endowment’ is capable of making men drool. Fitted with a waist that leaves other women green with envy, the 35-year-old has lived the better part of her adult life enduring all sorts of attention – good and bad – from men of all ages and sizes. A mother of two, she told PUNCH that her ‘unusual’ bum has been a mixed bag for her – blessing and problem at the same time. “I cannot count how many times I have had to shift certain appointments to like 7:30pm just because I want the night to at least shield me from preying eyes,” she began. “Even at 35 and after two children, it has not been easy moving about with the type of bum God has given me because once naughty men sight me, they’ll never take their eyes off me. I don’t own a car yet and can’t afford to always take a cab to all the places that I need to go. It’s even worse because many times commercial motorcyclists refuse to carry me as a result of my bum. So, I am forced to walk short distances even when it is not totally convenient for me to do so. “But then I take solace in the fact that some of the guys who as a result of my bum come close to me, have been able to assist me in several ways after developing friendship with them. Though most of them come with the intention of just having a feel of my body, they are forced to abandon that idea after realising that I am not that type of woman. Sometimes the temptation is strong but God has helped me stay clean. I am sure I wouldn’t have been experiencing this sort of thing if I didn’t have a big bum,” Abiodun said. While being heavily ‘endowed’ has caused some women more troubles than gains considering the way others relate with them, a handful of men interacted with byPUNCH said that they look at ladies in this category because such ‘assets’ turn them on. According to Amadi Okafor, a dealer in electronic home appliances, the true beauty of a woman to him is in her ‘behind’. He said that while he prefers a normal ‘front’ in a woman, he would do anything to get one with a big bum as that is what makes such a person interesting to have around. “The bum of a woman is like the foundation and pillars of a building as far as I am concerned,” he said. “It is on it that every other thing rests. While I am not really particular about the size of the breast, what lies behind is a source of interest for me because that is what people will see and appreciate in you as a woman. For me as a person, that is the most important physical feature I look out for in a woman,” the 33-year-old man added. Interesting as Okafor’s perspective sounds, such thinking is not found only among men of his calibre but also those a little higher on the social ladder. For example, two professionals – Jide Oladeinde and Osaro Joseph – lawyer and pharmacist respectively, told PUNCH that as much as they look out for character and other vital elements in picking a lady to date, big breast and buttocks are major criteria they also consider in doing so. According to the two young men, who said they love to “feel a lot of flesh” when touching a lady, it is in seeing such eye-popping attributes that they’ll feel proud to flaunt their women among friends and family. “For me, I’ll be proud to show a lady who is well endowed to my friends and family members than a ‘good’ girl who really has ‘nothing’. “As a man, I do all I can to always find happiness. I know the kind of woman that would fit my taste and that’s why I don’t even look at those ones who fall below my rating no matter how close they come to me. It just gives me pride to watch my woman flaunt those things before me,” Oladeinde said. Echoing the former’s thoughts, Joseph, based in Benin, Edo State, explained that apart from also making him feel proud among peers and relatives, he prefers heavily-endowed women for their interesting personality and friendly disposition. “On my own, I’ve come to notice that those women with big breasts and buttocks are friendlier and interesting to be around with. This is not to say the others are not good but this is my observation and that is why I always pick interest in them. “Also, in terms of physical structure, they are more appealing to the eyes than other category of women. My present girlfriend is really blessed in this regard, if she behaves in the ways that I want, I won’t waste time in proposing to her soon because I am really happy with her. I just love everything I see around her,” he said.<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;Copyright PUNCH.</div></div>Andrew Lalahttps://plus.google.com/102261156460517939168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-66261728887465049432018-03-12T13:22:00.000+01:002018-03-12T13:22:37.519+01:00SARS men pulled my private parts in public – Artisan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-voVKoM4dLGg/WqZwxYV3P6I/AAAAAAAAFuA/aQ-jxGXSO5E73zqLPpM_kQ0bAsNOKn4wACLcBGAs/s1600/BBN_SARS-Police-Brutality.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-voVKoM4dLGg/WqZwxYV3P6I/AAAAAAAAFuA/aQ-jxGXSO5E73zqLPpM_kQ0bAsNOKn4wACLcBGAs/s320/BBN_SARS-Police-Brutality.jpg" width="320" height="214" data-original-width="400" data-original-height="267" /></a></div>A victim of police brutality, Lucky Joseph, has narrated how he was allegedly harassed by some operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. Joseph explained that the men, who didn’t find anything incriminating on him, stripped him naked and pulled him by the private parts in public. He noted that he was left after some residents contributed N30,000 to bribe the policemen. A video had gone viral on the social media last Thursday showing how the 38-year-old was battered by the security operatives. Some residents of Odums Street, Choba Extension, in the Obio Akpor Local Government Area, where the incident happened, explained that to avert any extra-judicial killing, they gave the operatives N30,000. The highest donor was said to be the owner of a mechanic workshop where Joseph worked. The victim told PUNCH Metro on Friday that the policemen inflicted injuries on him without telling him his offence. He identified one of the operatives as ThankGod. He said, “I was passing when two SARS men grabbed me from the back. They told me to raise my hands so that they could search me. “I told them that before they searched me, they should allow me to search myself so that nothing incriminating would be planted on me. They disagreed and began to search me. They brought out only my handkerchief. As one of them wanted to put it back into my pocket, I told him to hold on because I did not want him to add anything to it. “As I did that, a wrap of hemp fell. When that happened, one of them quickly picked it. They ordered me to enter the car they brought, but I refused. “A crowd gathered and asked where they were taking me to. Four of them began to drag me and I asked them what my offence was. As they were dragging me, I struggled with them. They stripped me naked and began to pull my manhood, but I did not relent. I refused to follow them because I believe I did nothing wrong. “Two of them later brought out machetes and rifles. I told them that if they wanted to shoot me, they should go ahead because I was sure I did not commit any offence. “As we were struggling, some wraps of Indian hemp fallen off their pockets. They used the machetes to cut my body and tried to handcuff me; but I told them they could not handcuff me.” Our correspondent learnt that when they eventually threw the victim inside the boot of their car, residents begged for his freedom and were asked to raise N30,000. Joseph said it was after the N30,000 was given to the operatives that he was released, adding that his body was filled with injuries. “They (SARS operatives) know me on this street and all of us interact. Four of them still came here this morning (Friday); they always come here to play pool. They only came to intimidate me. What was my offence?” he added. A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told PUNCH Metro that she contributed N2,000 to make up the N30,000 demanded by the SARS personnel. Also, the owner of the mechanic workshop where Joseph worked explained that while a next-door neighbour contributed N5,000, he coughed out N23,000. The workshop owner, popularly known as Papa, said, “The SARS personnel collected N30,000. Their office is not around here, but they always patrol here. I blame him (Jopseph) because he smokes hemp too.” An eyewitness, who simply identified himself as Patrick, said he saw when hemp dropped off from the opratives’ pockets. “Their leader wore a big earring. When I came out, I asked myself; is this man also a SARS officer?” he added. Another eyewitness, Bassey, said the policemen initially demanded N50,000, but after some bargain, they agreed to take the N30,000. “We begged them to take N15,000, but they refused and said their last price was N30,000,” he said. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, said though he was not aware of the incident, Joseph’s claim that the SARS operatives had hemp was an afterthought. Omoni said, “If that report is anything to go by, it is unfounded and not verifiable. I don’t see what a SARS operative would be doing with hemp when he is on duty, if not for an exhibit.” Culled from PUNCHNG.Andrew Lalahttps://plus.google.com/102261156460517939168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-22887345145553572002018-03-12T01:33:00.001+01:002018-03-12T01:55:22.884+01:00Star Wars The Last Jedi 2017 1080p BluRay DD5.1 x265 HEVC-TFPDL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wxGBj6d6O00/WqXKwwASOTI/AAAAAAAAEUI/S6soWHWX9IotlNTTKQqlh-9LzU_qtKgEwCLcBGAs/s1600/W8LwPWA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="241" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wxGBj6d6O00/WqXKwwASOTI/AAAAAAAAEUI/S6soWHWX9IotlNTTKQqlh-9LzU_qtKgEwCLcBGAs/s320/W8LwPWA.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;consolas&quot; , &quot;lucida console&quot; , &quot;courier new&quot; , monospace;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;consolas&quot; , &quot;lucida console&quot; , &quot;courier new&quot; , monospace;">Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. 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He is now gearing up to run in the country’s forthcoming presidential election in 2019.&nbsp;</em><span class="container container-pod container-pod-short"></span><br /><em>In this interview with Editor-in-Chief Musikilu Mojeed, Mr. Sowore explains why he is joining politics, how he will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari, how he will run Nigeria if elected, and what he will do with Sahara Reporters once he becomes president.</em><br /> <strong>PT: You have indicated you might run for president in the 2019 election. Why are you crossing into partisan politics?&nbsp;</strong><br /> SOWORE: I’ve always been in the forefront of the agitation and struggle to move Nigeria forward – first as a student and youth activist during military regimes. Since 1999, my focus has been on improving and sanitizing the democratic space. This is a natural progression of my commitment to moving Nigeria forward. This will not be politics as usual. I have always been a part of the movement to move Nigeria forward. I have always played a leading role in that movement.<br /> This is a movement. It will be the largest mobilization of Nigeria’s ignored and dispossessed people. It will be the most direct engagement of a people in their own political future. I’ve always offered Nigerians a platform for amplifying their concerns and dreams for Nigeria. I am continuing that struggle. Yes – we will be part of a coalition of parties. These will all be progressive parties – committed to nothing other than the advancement of the Nigerian nation. It is Nigeria’s moment to see revolutionary politics in action!<br /> <strong>PT: Are you not abandoning activism that way?</strong><br /> SOWORE: Activism is simply advancing a pro-people agenda. For too long we have focused on using borrowed voices in the political realm while we’ve focused on creating awareness. That has failed. Since 1999 – the progressive movement has been disappointed by the actions and inactions of those we have left to handle the affairs of Nigeria while we reduced ourselves to election monitors, NGO leaders, and street protesters.<br /> In the course of doing these, we have inadvertently supported some of the cruelest and mediocre to occupy political power. Sometimes the most revolutionary thing to do is to get into the ring. Obama was an activist who became president. Mandela was an activist who became president. Everyone will agree that their principled commitment to struggle continued even when they were in office. So it is possible to stay committed to an activist agenda even when in office.<br /> <strong>PT: Are you saying Buhari has failed and not worthy of being re-elected?</strong><br /> SOWORE: Just a little over a week ago – over 100 young girls were taken by Boko Haram in Dapchi. Buhari’s appeal was supposed to be a tough stance against corruption and an ability to address the security crises posed by Boko Haram. No single major victory has been notched in the anti-corruption fight. Boko Haram is still alive and kicking. And the president’s inaction and lack of leadership are causing the herdsmen-farmers conflicts to take on an even more dangerous dimension. The Nigerian state is in shambles.<br /> <strong>PT: Election is less than a year away. </strong><strong>Are you</strong><strong> still holed up in your base in New York? When are you going to find a party and then mobilize support for your candidacy?</strong><br /> SOWORE: I think it is incontrovertible that in and out of Nigeria, I have been an effective contributor to the struggle for the advancement of good governance in Nigeria. The efforts to mobilize progressives and to form a coalition of progressive parties and organizations is underway. I am using my time in the U.S. to mobilize diaspora Nigerians. This weekend, for instance, I will be holding a town hall in Maryland with Nigerians. I am also spending a great deal of my time meeting with my strategy and policy teams – members of whom include some really accomplished Nigerians. Unknown to many I have been on the ground Nigeria in the last two months.The work goes on. I will certainly be spending more time on the ground in Nigeria.<br /> <strong>PT: Prosecuting election in Nigeria is known to cost several billions of naira. Where will you find the resources for this project?</strong><br /> SOWORE: Elections are always expensive – that’s true. However what is also true is that monies spent in Nigerian politics are not mainly focused on political mobilization or electioneering campaigns and organization. As a political movement for true change, we will not be spending money on buying votes or distributing rice to the electorate. Our monetary needs will be greatly reduced. We will be sourcing funds directly from the Nigerian people. Nigerians have demonstrated a capacity to devote their resources to projects that they believe in. The recent team that represented Nigeria in bobsledding at the Winter Olympics raised almost $200,000 – a lot of it from Nigerians. We are already seeing and receiving commitments for support. Our approach will revolutionize the way politics is funded in Nigeria. There is also a lot of support that is coming in the form of goodwill donations. For instance – I’ll be in Maryland this weekend at a town hall. A group of concerned Nigerians are funding that event. We also have something that counts for a lot – an army of technology savvy supporters and media platforms that will amplify our voice to the Nigerian people.<br /> Barack Obama raised millions of dollars from Nigerians in the US alone in 2008/2009 and subsequently after. 100,000 Nigerian contributing $200 per person can help fund a clean election devoid of dirty money. With that, we can win the presidency and bring them back a lot of change!<br /> <strong>PT: You are from the south of Nigeria. There are those saying you should wait unt</strong><strong>il</strong><strong> 2023 when Buhari or any other northerner would have completed the North’s turn of leadership rotation? What do you say to that?</strong><br /> SOWORE: Where has our “Turn – by – Turn” politics gotten us? I’m a firm believer that when it comes to the life of a nation – all sentiments must be set aside and only the most capable hands should be employed to manage the affairs of Nigerians. If I believed in Buhari’s ability to lead NIGERIA, I would have supported him. When Jonathan – a Southerner like me was in office, I had a principled opposition to the way he was running Nigeria. It was Albert Einstein that said, “it is madness to keep doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome.” Nigeria has a unique opportunity in 2019 to elevate competence over tribalism, elevate character over dishonesty, principle over indecisiveness. I’m sure when the dust clears there will be candidates from across Nigeria expressing an interest in the presidency. Let Nigerians decide who should lead them.<br /> Our patriots from across Nigeria won’t bother about zoning when they realize the person running the country is completely detribalized and doesn’t treat anyone different because of their tribe, religion, creed, and class. We have had it all. Mediocrity hiding behind zoning and a wicked, selfish sense of entitlement. The only thing zoning does is empower political actors to enrich themselves and plug their friends and cronies in the position of authority to steal, kill and destroy. For the rest of us north or south, we are zoned to misery.<br /> <strong>PT: Recently Garba Shehu, a spokesperson </strong><strong>to</strong><strong> the president, said Buhari’s followership in Kano and across Nigeria is so huge and phenomenal that it has to be studied by political scientists. How can you defeat such a man in 2019?</strong><br /> SOWORE: Buhari’s followership is large – but remember that it took four tries and an alliance with the South-West and with progressive democratic forces before he was able to become president. We are all witnesses to the unprecedented set of circumstances that saw an incumbent president defeated at the polls. If there is anything we have learned in the last few years, it is the fact that the Nigerian electorate has become impatient with purposeless leadership. My candidacy is generating significant interest across Nigeria, especially amongst the youth. The youth demographic is the largest single voting block. The coalition of progressives, youths and previously disenfranchised Nigerians that we are building will be a force to reckon with. I have been in the business of building movements since my time as a student activist in the late 80s and early 90s. I am confident that we will be able to build a broad coalition of Nigerians committed to taking their country back and setting it firmly on a path to prosperity and unprecedented progress.<br /> <strong>PT: What will you do differently if elected president of Nigeria?</strong><br /> SOWORE: Nigeria struggles because past presidents have had three major issues. Firstly, there is an abject absence of a clear vision as to where the country should be headed. Where should Nigeria be in the next five, 10 or even 50 years? Where are the national plans that map out the country’s vision and the paths to their actualization aside from the propaganda we see on NTA? Today, we are impressed by China’s sustained growth, but since 1953 China has produced a series of 5-year plans that has guided their growth. Now they are on their 13th five-year plan (2016-2020). With that China became the most powerful and prosperous nation on earth using its populace as its best resource. China solved its housing crisis and even now boast of unoccupied apartments in “ghost cities” built in the last 10 years. China built one of the fastest rail services with an amount of money equivalent to the sums stolen during the oil imports scam. Same goes for the UAE. Dubai was built into the architectural marvel that is now a magnet to Nigeria’s thieving elites. I will be instituting a series of four-year plans to overlap with Nigeria’s political tenure system that will chart our path to growth and progress. Secondly, even where a clear vision might exist, nepotism, tribalism, and favoritism has robbed us of the service of our best people. I am a completely detribalized Nigerian. My antecedents are that of an activist that has worked to build alliances and networks across this nation over the last 30 years.<br /> I understand first hand the value of having competent and capable people in the right positions. I’ve created a world-class media company in the last 12 years and taught in a private college for eight years helping to mold some of America’s greatest minds.<br /> Thirdly, corruption has crippled us as a nation. Where past presidents have been slow in tackling this issue and sometimes even complicit through their actions or inactions in promoting corruption, I will be decisive in dealing with this cancer that has ravaged the Nigerian nation.<br /> <strong>PT: You are a long-term activist and indeed a very popular figure across Nigeria. But Gani Fawehinmi was an activist who served Nigerians all his life. He made to be president in 2003 but the same people he served for almost his entire life abandoned him at the polls. Are you not worried you might get a similar treatment?</strong><br /> SOWORE: Gani was, as you said, a household name across Nigeria. The reality was that in 2003, there was still some hope and expectation by the Nigerian people that the status quo political system would be able to lead Niferia to progress and growth. It is now clear that those largely naive aspirations were ill-founded. After numerous failed governments, Nigerians have demonstrated that they are ready to try new concepts and ideas and to go beyond the status quo in seeking solutions. That led them to pick a south-south Ijaw man as president in 2011 and in electing an opposition candidate who had failed to win the presidency three times before, in 2015. Gani came before his time. Also, there are other factors now present in our current political reality. For example, the power of social media helping young people to engage and interact, the power of technology to help change election outcomes, an accuracy of results, real-time reporting and capture of results.<br /> It is also important to state that elections in 2003 and beyond under Obasanjo and the Peoples Democratic Party were not worthy to be referred to as credible elections. For instance, just imagine if Nigerians seized the opportunity offered by Gani in 2003 and thus elected him over an Olusegun Obasanjo, just imagine where will be today. Imagine, an Obafemi Awolowo or Aminu Kano over a Shehu Shagari. There is an appetite by the Nigerian people for candidates with character, and a proven and demonstrable track record of being able to drive for real change. The APC has failed Nigerians in this area. The movement we are building will be offering revolutionary change.<br /> <strong>PT: On the platform of which political party </strong><strong>are</strong><strong> you planning to run?</strong><br /> SOWORE: That is something we are working on. We are currently in discussions with progressive groups and parties, the goal is to have a broad coalition of progressive parties that could lend their structures and ideologies to defeat the old order. When the time is right we will be announcing what party platforms that will be utilized.<br /> <strong>PT: You have spent over 12 years of your life building SaharaReporters into a formidable news and anti-corruption platform? What becomes of the website now that you are crossing into partisan politics?</strong><br /> SOWORE: Sahara Reporters will continue to speak truth to power. The platform is more than just Sowore. When I win the presidency, I will be turning over all of my assets to a blind trust that will run it. Sahara Reporters will continue to be run by independent-minded citizen activists. Even now, the website is managed by several others who have been groomed and schooled in the founding traditions of the website. That is what Sahara Reporters is and that is how it will remain. SaharaReporters is driven by its ever loyal readers and users!<br /> <strong>PT: Thank you very much for speaking to us.</strong><br /> SOWORE: Thank you very much too for interviewing me.</div>Andrew Lalahttps://plus.google.com/102261156460517939168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-69737332346081029752018-03-10T14:22:00.000+01:002018-03-10T14:22:20.937+01:00Nigerian Government Discovers Hidden Multimillion Properties Linked To Deputy Senate President <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TOP72hDJ1uc/WqPbBLVsjUI/AAAAAAAAFtk/wg6e7S5NHvA3_N-VKKGnVI8yQpdYobSMwCLcBGAs/s1600/Ike-Ekweremadu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="475" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TOP72hDJ1uc/WqPbBLVsjUI/AAAAAAAAFtk/wg6e7S5NHvA3_N-VKKGnVI8yQpdYobSMwCLcBGAs/s320/Ike-Ekweremadu.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The Nigerian government has written to the authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), United Kingdom and the United States of America after discovering hidden assets owned in the three countries by Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. In the letters written to the UAE and USA, Mr. Fowler is relying on the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI), a multi-jurisdictional instrument for exposing hidden assets and incomes, to which Nigeria is a signatory. The AEoI, which kicked in Nigeria on January 1, was conceived to stop illicit financial flows. <br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="" class="media-element file-embedded" src="http://saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-07%20at%209.01.04%20PM.png?itok=Ktx9ty7E" /></div>Mr. Ekweremadu’s properties in the UAE were exposed by a whistleblower. In the country, the Deputy Senate President owns eight properties. Among these are Apartments EGG1/1/114 and EGG1/1/115 Emirates Garden, Apartment DFB/12/B 1204 Park Towers, Flat 3604, MAG214 and Villa No.148, MAEEN1 The Lakes, Emirate Hills. The others are Boulevard 3901, two flats of Burij Side Boulevard, The Signature; and Room 1903, Hotel Downtown. In respect of Mr. Ekweremadu’s properties in the United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari through one of the Special Assistants wrote to the Serious Fraud Office and is relying on the recently passed Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) in the country. The order prescribes forfeiture of assets valued at 50,000 pounds and above for which the owner cannot adequately explain the source of income with which it was acquired. “The objective of this letter is to alert you of this development in view of the Voluntary Declaration of Assets and Income Scheme introduced by the Federal Government,” stated Fowler in the letter. In the United Kingdom, Mr. Ekweremadu owns Flat 4 Varsity Court, Homer Street, WIH 4NW London and 52 Ayleston Avenue, NW6, London. In the United States, the Deputy Senate President has a three-property portfolio comprising 4507 Stella Street, Bellavida Estate, Kissimmee, Florida; 2747 Club Cortile Circle, Kissimmee, Florida and 2763 Club Cortile Circle, Kissimmee, Florida. The letter to the US government was addressed to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) under the United States Justice Department. A copy of the letter was also sent to Tunde Fowler, Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service in Abuja.</div>Andrew Lalahttps://plus.google.com/102261156460517939168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-60340655077777386032018-03-10T09:23:00.000+01:002018-03-10T09:23:32.587+01:00#BBNaija – Day 40: Banked for Returns, The Anto Effect and More Highlights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I8ec29LGdJo/WqOToQO-9mI/AAAAAAAAET4/xa6-y3glYXMxKQg54B47p2D3fM_Ed7QZwCLcBGAs/s1600/28430322_161726291085227_4152276641202044928_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="587" height="162" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I8ec29LGdJo/WqOToQO-9mI/AAAAAAAAET4/xa6-y3glYXMxKQg54B47p2D3fM_Ed7QZwCLcBGAs/s320/28430322_161726291085227_4152276641202044928_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Did you watch day 40 of the Big Brother Naija 3 reality show?<br /><br />If you missed it, we’ve got the highlights for you!<br /><br />..<br /><br /><br /><br />My Beat. My Rhythm<br /><br />Alex’ energy is so contagious that we all felt it when she first walked onto the Big Brother Naija stage. From queening with her green hair to queening on the dance floor, she’s definitely a force to be reckoned with.<br /><br />Sink Or Swim?<br /><br />At the beginning, she seemed to have had it all figured out and looked like she knew what she wanted and how she’d get it. In fact, this is true for most if not all of the Housemates. Everyone thought that having watched the show before would give them an upper hand but boy were they wrong. Being so young and in a position where she’d be exposed to so much with the whole of Africa exposed to her, Alex took a bit of a fall and almost completely lost her game plan. With 19 other overbearing personalities in the House, there was evidence of back stabbing and quarrel cocktails that always spilled over and intoxicated the entire House; Alex seemed to take even deeper dives and found it hard to swim to the surface and catch her breath, hence her drowning.<br /><br />Dogded The Bullet<br /><br />However, it seems like her absence during her ‘recollection period’ did her good because she managed to dodge the Nomination bullet and got out of it with mere scratches and emotional bruises, this due to the consequent Eviction of her bestie Vandora. Little ol’ Alex had gone down so much that the only way was up really and that’s where she seems to be going, slowly but surely. Her gaming philosophy is quiet different from the rest though; during her conversation with Ifu Ennada, she said and we quote, “there’s only one winner, one out of 20 people and you want me to break my leg?” Basically, she’s not about to ruffle any feathers or stab any backs, unless of course it’s done to her.<br /><br />Many Shades Freed<br /><br />Her partnership with Tobi wasn’t only remedial for him, she too benefited from it. Even though she’d locked herself in closet Leo for a while, Tobi managed to get through to her and not only was her energy felt during ‘audiogasm’, she cracked the shell and stepped over the pieces in the House too. Although she’s mentioned just how afraid she was of growth, there is some evidence it.<br /><br />Banked for Returns of Loss<br /><br />Unlike any challenge they’ve had before, the Heritage Bank Task required intellectual investment and had the Housemates thinking outside the box, basically standing firmly as consumers and curating ideas based om their own expectations from a financial service provider.<br /><br />The Treasure Hunt<br /><br />For the first day of the Task, the Housemates went on a treasure hunt and were tasked with finding clues that would eventually lead to them receiving their kit boxes that contained material and attire that would be used for their main Task preparations. The Housemates literally went on a wild goose chase and turned every article in the House upside down. The clues were eventually put together.<br /><br />The Strategy Gist<br /><br />Day two of the Task was strategy based. A brief stating the rules of engagement and information on how they were expected to curate their presentations was given. Basically, the Housemates were to build a strategy corner, designated only for Task talk and planning and in addition to that, read up on the on the Octopus and then develop apps based on the features of the Octopus. The groups went straight into the planning, with some Housemates automatically assuming leadership and delegating mini tasks amongst the team member, all was well that was expected to end well.<br /><br />App For The Money<br /><br />Today, marking the third and final day of the Task; the Housemates were given an opportunity to brush up on the Apps and polish their presentations. On Biggie’s cue, BamBam representing Team White took to the podium and very few errors and respecting the constraints of time, made her case. She was followed by a clearly well-rehearsed Tobi whose entire plot and presentation was convincing and sounded like an app created by Mars inhabitants, on behalf of Team Blue. Last but not least, with book in hand, Cee-C took to the stage and laid Team Green’s App on the surface for all to see. Theirs was particularly interesting because there were ‘cheater buster’ features and one that could limit one’s budget when on a date with unwelcomed guests; where are the women scorned?<br /><br />The judges, Anto, Lolu and Teddy A had to deliberate and we’re certain that it wasn’t an easy decision, or do you beg to differ?<br /><br />The Anto Effect<br /><br />Ante Up<br /><br />With her delicate frame, Anto entered the House on a bouncing stride, looking all pretty, smiley and most particularly guarded. By virtue of being the only US-born Nigerian in the cohort – and the only spectacled Housemate – she stood out like a sore thumb. Yet she turned what may have appeared like a flaw in her favor. Not only was she fit and sporty, with a clear complexion and general sparkle for life, Anto oozed comfort in her skin, in who she is and in her ability to lead herself. She never claimed to be other than who she is, a poised, sharp and confident woman.<br /><br />She Rules<br /><br />Housemates have discovered that Anto’s doe eyes covered a fiercely clever personality. From the get go, Anto brushed any male advances aside, taking males down a peg. Without a word, Anto made it known that she wouldn’t entertain anyone’s fantasies, male or female, for she had come to win the ₦ 45 million prize. Regardless, she blended in nicely in the crowd, never loud yet unmissable. Likewise Housemates reciprocated the chill by keeping a respectable distance from Anto. It’s not that they didn’t like her, it’s just that they sensed she simply was not in their little worlds: the guys quickly got to grips with the fact that they stood zero chance for they were not her type at all. As for the girls, they agreed quickly Anto was out of their league, as she was not of the clingy or moody type like some had been, and respected her like an older wiser sister whose long, healthy natural hair they envied.<br /><br />What’s My Name?<br /><br />Yet Anto’s mystery remains solid. While she’s not shy of telling it like it is and sprinkle a few scathing remarks when necessary, no one has really pierced her secrets. No one except perhaps Lolu, her cerebral male alter-ego with whom she has formed a symbiotic pair. These two are so comfortable with each other that they look into each other’s eyes, whisper in each other’s ears, walk arm in arm and sweet-talk themselves to sleep. While Lolu is the clingiest of all, of late, ever since her pairing with Miracle, Anto has made a new ally in the House. She’s been happier to have another source of companionship in the House for they are on the same wavelength. They’ve had such a blast during a few Tasks.<br /><br />So far Anto’s strategy, like all smart people, has been to downplay her credentials. Her excellent listening abilities have allowed her to steadily navigate the Double Wahala House and adapt to her environment. Yet one cannot ask but wonder who really Anto is.<br /><br />One For the Money, Two For The Show<br /><br />Powering Up<br /><br />After a gruelling week of environmental awareness and physical constraints, Housemates were ready to get into a good game. Competition is a thing in the Double Wahala House, where week after week, Housemates outdid themselves. Tonight was no different, as they jumped, crawled, climbed, dived and hit the ball like never before. Even Teddy A was undeterred when Biggie called him out for touching the bucket with his hands as he tried to pluck with his teeth, one of the apples out of the water. With forty-nine seconds, Cee-C’s record score was unquestionably the highlight of the Games.<br /><br />The Art of Losing<br /><br />As the adrenaline from the Game dissipated, Biggie took a jab at Housemates’ execution of the environmental challenge that didn’t meet his expectation. What was intended to be fun and simple turned out differently. Biggie also scorned Ifu and Lolu for throwing insults at each other. As always, he reassured the House to expect normal water supply again before dropping the bomb that they had lost their wager. At this stage, Housemates looked stunned and jumbled.<br /><br />Never Say Never<br /><br />After a quick shower and some refreshments, Biggie gathered the Housemates in the lounge again this time to announce the winner of the Task Presentation. After outlining the criteria for the assessment, Biggie announced Team Blue – Ifu, Leo, Tobi and Lolu – and their Oct app as the winners of a 3-course lunch, as well as seed capital for each member, capacity building, access to free business clinics and individual business mentors. To top this very generous reward, each member of the winning team was also awarded a weekend getaway for two in a luxury hotel in Lagos.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Have you been watching? What did you think of the Day 40 activities?Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-13992446976114586082018-03-10T09:07:00.001+01:002018-03-10T09:07:40.881+01:00Alleged Husband Killer, Maryam Sanda Throws Birthday Party For Daughter Two Days After She Was Granted Bail. (Photos)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RKBt68p90OQ/WqOSOQ4ZrGI/AAAAAAAAETs/ninntGd2wu4y9lHAuawPYQqYp5NJ9RDNQCLcBGAs/s1600/maryam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="681" height="170" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RKBt68p90OQ/WqOSOQ4ZrGI/AAAAAAAAETs/ninntGd2wu4y9lHAuawPYQqYp5NJ9RDNQCLcBGAs/s320/maryam.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Just two days after Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Abuja High Court granted bail to Maryam Sanda, who allegedly killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello, she has been seen throwing a birthday party for her daughter.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">An FCT High Court on Wednesday released Sanda on bail after she was arrested for allegedly killing her husband, Bilyamin Bello, to death. Her slain husband was a nephew to former chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Haliru Bello.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">According to photos that have emerged online, Sanda organised a birthday party at her mother’s residence on Thursday, and the event was attended by close family members.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">The photos of the birthday that were released sparked an outrage on social media after the suspected killer housewife appeared in one of the photos looking unruffled and cuddling the baby celebrant Alisha who turns one.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Some are enraged that after Justice Yusuf Halilu said the court granted her bail based on medical report indicating that she is pregnant and indisposed, then she shouldn’t have the time to throw a birthday.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">See photos below, which were shared by&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hausa Room</strong>&nbsp;on Instagram:</div><br /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-258205 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="258205" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?fit=640%2C640" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?fit=300%2C300" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080" data-orig-size="1080,1080" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/alleged-husband-killer-maryam-sanda-throws-birthday-party-daughter-two-days-granted-bail-photos/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n/" height="640" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?resize=640%2C640" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?w=1080 1080w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?resize=420%2C420 420w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?resize=640%2C640 640w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?resize=681%2C681 681w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28754172_1864791243539846_359964683706302464_n.jpg?resize=144%2C144 144w" style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-258208 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="258208" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?fit=640%2C640" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?fit=300%2C300" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080" data-orig-size="1080,1080" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/alleged-husband-killer-maryam-sanda-throws-birthday-party-daughter-two-days-granted-bail-photos/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n/" height="640" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?resize=640%2C640" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?w=1080 1080w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?resize=420%2C420 420w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?resize=640%2C640 640w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?resize=681%2C681 681w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/28435831_2138334139731875_2187546003425460224_n.jpg?resize=144%2C144 144w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="640" /></div><div><br /></div>Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-80631944200655244112018-03-10T08:11:00.000+01:002018-03-10T08:11:01.263+01:00Lady who embarrassed Olamide at Germany hotel speaks: “I wanted an apology for his 20 minutes performance”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RBUyuv0n_Rw/WqOE17ZFpNI/AAAAAAAAETc/TFgly8GAelou0pamIKmFfC2UHkXwqqXsQCLcBGAs/s1600/jacobs-may-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="581" height="156" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RBUyuv0n_Rw/WqOE17ZFpNI/AAAAAAAAETc/TFgly8GAelou0pamIKmFfC2UHkXwqqXsQCLcBGAs/s320/jacobs-may-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">The Germany based Nigerian lady identified as Jacobs May, who embarrassed Nigerian music superstar, Olamide, in Germany has told her side of the story.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Jacobs, whose video about her altercation with Nigerian hip hop artiste Olamide went viral last week, has shared her own version of the much reported incident.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-258139 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="258139" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="jacobs may" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jacobs-may.jpg?fit=500%2C352" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jacobs-may.jpg?fit=300%2C211" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jacobs-may.jpg?fit=500%2C352" data-orig-size="500,352" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/lady-embarrassed-olamide-germany-hotel/jacobs-may/" height="352" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jacobs-may.jpg?resize=500%2C352" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jacobs-may.jpg?w=500 500w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jacobs-may.jpg?resize=300%2C211 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="500" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">She said all she wanted when she challenged Olamide at a hotel lounge was an apology for his rather short performance when fans had expected “something better” during a show in Germany.<iframe allowfullscreen="true" class="youtube-player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Cua6gEcz0H0?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 360px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" type="text/html" width="100%"></iframe></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Read her interview with Punch Metro below;</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What do you do?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">My name is Jacobs May. I am a Germany-based Nigerian entertainer. I am a dancer and I own a dancing school which focuses on African contemporary dance. As a Nigerian in the Diaspora, I try to use my dance to promote the Nigerian heritage.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What led to the fight in the video?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">I really did not want to talk further about the Olamide issue, but I saw a video on YouTube and this made me realise some Nigerians still have no clue or an in-depth understanding of what exactly happened in the video.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">The organisers approached me, six weeks to the show, asking me to invest €6,000 in the show as Olamide will be in Germany to perform. I told them the notification was too short for me to invest that kind of money.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Three weeks to the show, they contacted me again, begging me to use my photograph to promote the show, which I accepted to do. I also posted the photo on my Facebook and Instagram pages and even told my followers and other people to get their own tickets.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">So, were you at the event?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Yes, I was at the event. I bought a VIP ticket for €100, though I was not supposed to pay, considering the fact that I was used to advertise the show, but I did it to support them.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What happened between you and Olamide at the event?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Olamide and I didn’t have any confrontation at the show, but his attitude was so annoying that I had to confront him after the show. It wasn’t an Olamide show but he was the main artiste. Some other Nigerian artistes also featured in the show.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What did he do at the show?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">I was told that Olamide arrived at the hotel where I also lodged on Saturday and he was scheduled to perform at 1:00am on Sunday. But to my amazement, Olamide came up at 3:30am, having kept people waiting for two hours.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">By the time he came on stage, fans were furious. People were already drunk and they started flinging objects onto the stage. I was seated on the VIP section, which was mounted on the stage. I was part of the people who got hit by a bottle and I almost collapsed on stage. People, including me, got so angry after Olamide performed for only 20 minutes. People paid so much to watch your performance and you put up a shabby performance and for just 20 minutes.</div><figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_245236" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px auto 0px; max-width: 600px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-245236 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="245236" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Olamide-Update" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Olamide-Update.jpg?fit=600%2C600" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Olamide-Update.jpg?fit=300%2C300" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Olamide-Update.jpg?fit=600%2C600" data-orig-size="600,600" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/wizkid-olamide-davido-needs-improve-sound-majek-fashek/olamide-update/" height="600" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Olamide-Update.jpg?resize=600%2C600" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Olamide-Update.jpg?w=600 600w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Olamide-Update.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Olamide-Update.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Olamide-Update.jpg?resize=420%2C420 420w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Olamide-Update.jpg?resize=144%2C144 144w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 600px;" width="600" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px; margin: 4px 0px 17px; text-align: right; z-index: 1;">Olamide</figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">So, what happened after the show?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Like I mentioned earlier, I lodged in the same hotel as Olamide. I got to know when he arrived on Saturday because I have been in the hotel since Friday.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Since we were in the same hotel, I walked up to him in the lobby at daybreak to explain what had happened to me as a result of him coming late on stage. I approached him as a civil person and told him what had happened to me. I also told him that it was unfair that he flew seven hours only for a 20-minute show. I confronted him with the fact that it was disrespectful of him to have come late and not to apologise to his fans and to also throw a 20-minute performance for fans that have waited over two hours for him.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">I was dazed when he stood up and walked out on me.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What happened thereafter?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">I was full of rage when he showed no concern, compassion or remorse. That was when I brought out my phone to record the whole incident. Perhaps if he was polite I would have accepted his apology and walked quietly to my room; but his attitude led to the fiasco.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Just like it is often said that pride goes before a fall, there was no way I would tolerate such an attitude.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Did you contact the organisers of the show?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Yes, I did.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What was their reaction to the video?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">They did a video disclaiming my accusations and saying it was a wrong move.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">What do you intend doing to them?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">I am suing them. I will make sure no show is done here again if the security of the people cannot be guaranteed.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Did Olamide contact you after the video went viral?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">No. In fact, I believe there is no need for that. His arrogance would not even let him do such.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">The manager said you were only trying to get Olamide’s attention. Is it true?</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">That is not true, but I’m not surprised because I wouldn’t have expected less; that is so typical of Nigerians. I had no clue he was staying at the hotel before I lodged there.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Of course, what do you expect his manager to say? Sure, they will always make it sound bad for me, but I care less. I just said things the way they are and I am sure next time he wouldn’t try such and other artistes will also learn from this.</div><div><br /></div>Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-38788425774612903422018-03-10T08:05:00.001+01:002018-03-10T08:05:56.300+01:00 REMINISCE - PROBLEM (OFFICIAL VIDEO)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZeAztrm0ZFg/WqODjkOLlTI/AAAAAAAAETQ/6LgHUQEwqPwDwureSjAN38RSFhvsg_e8ACLcBGAs/s1600/thumb_Reminisce_-_Problem_video.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZeAztrm0ZFg/WqODjkOLlTI/AAAAAAAAETQ/6LgHUQEwqPwDwureSjAN38RSFhvsg_e8ACLcBGAs/s1600/thumb_Reminisce_-_Problem_video.jpg" /></a></div><br />Fresh out visuals by LRR front man “Reminisce” who releases the visuals to his trending single “Problem“.The video was directed by Clarence Peters.<br /><br />Press Play, Watch and Enjoy!<br /><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ywHaRTf_3iA" width="638"></iframe>Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-60083058319858595462018-03-10T08:02:00.003+01:002018-03-10T08:02:38.914+01:00Neymar wants to return to Barcelona<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jAxu8cO_jbM/WqOC_UJfVNI/AAAAAAAAETI/QWs63qEg-vkAkPu4NGHtIpeYz_2EG4SHACLcBGAs/s1600/neymar-monaco-psg-ligue-1-26112017_lrr6zl2deasj14hsz3c0err1c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="587" height="154" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jAxu8cO_jbM/WqOC_UJfVNI/AAAAAAAAETI/QWs63qEg-vkAkPu4NGHtIpeYz_2EG4SHACLcBGAs/s320/neymar-monaco-psg-ligue-1-26112017_lrr6zl2deasj14hsz3c0err1c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Neymar already regrets moving to Paris Saint-Germain and is seeking a shock return to Barcelona, according to reports in the Spanish media on Friday.<br /><br />In the same week that PSG crashed out of the Champions League, and only seven months after he joined the club for a world record 222million euros ($264 million, Neymar´s future has become uncertain.<br /><br />Spanish sports newspaper Mundo Deportivo claims the Brazilian, recovering from surgery on a broken foot in Brazil, has made contact with Barca to ask how he can engineer a return.<br /><br /><br /><br />The article adds Neymar has explained he made a mistake in leaving the club, was wrong to want independence from Lionel Messi and has been disappointed by the standard of opposition in Ligue 1.<br /><br />Barca, however, is not the only club Neymar is reportedly targeting as a potential way out of PSG.<br /><br />Madrid-based newspaper AS reports Neymar´s father has met with Real Madrid, who are ready to pay 400million euros to sign the striker.<br /><br />Asked about the speculation on Friday, Real coach Zinedine Zidane said: “Neymar could play in all the clubs because he is very good, like many players.<br /><br />“I´m not going to talk about a player that is not mine. On the 400 million, they paid 220 million and when they bought me they paid 72.<br /><br />“It seemed crazy to me and 10 years later they are paying 220 million. It can be that in the next 10 years someone will pay 400m, or sooner, I do not know.”<br /><br />Mundo Deportivo concedes Neymar´s courting of Barcelona may even be a tactic to justify a move to Real, given the Catalan club are likely to reject any chance to re-sign the 26-year-old.<br /><br />Barcelona are still embroiled in a financial dispute over a bonus due to Neymar last summer, which the club cancelled when they believe it became clear he was moving to PSG.<br /><br />Neymar missed PSG’s last 16 loss to Real on Tuesday after undergoing surgery on a broken foot in Brazil last week.<br /><br />AFP.Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-84045733400924262922018-03-09T21:24:00.000+01:002018-03-09T21:24:05.834+01:00New Music: Akin Brown - Oye Mi<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7MSFBvAhtvA/WqLs0J4S1tI/AAAAAAAAES4/KeDtLUaG95YTprbThxWGnJmLBUsm7gQQQCLcBGAs/s1600/unnamed%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7MSFBvAhtvA/WqLs0J4S1tI/AAAAAAAAES4/KeDtLUaG95YTprbThxWGnJmLBUsm7gQQQCLcBGAs/s320/unnamed%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />The debut single of emerging Singer/Songwriter Akin Brown released today on the 9th of March 2018.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/381287309&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><br />“I’ve always been draw to old tunes and folklore. This and more is the inspiration behind my debut project titled “Oye Mi(i understand)”, a Oye mí’(means I understand in English) is a neo-traditional Yoruba folk song borne out of the need to tell and retell the story of yearnings of man and karma, it's borne out of the need to revive traditional African story telling in a context we can relate to now. Storytelling takes you on a journey that inspires you to learn more about yourself, about the world around you. And while writing this song, I employed sonic elements that is fantastically familiar to our taste buds now to retell a classic tale in a refreshing manner without loosing it's very ancient ‘feel/essense’. Lyrically, it’s the push and pull of this unstable relationship between the bright guitar melody and dark harmonious overtones that draws you into the song. This way I surmise, we can continue the culture of oral traditions of years before our forebears with sounds that reflects social values that’ll motivate people in their pursuit of a meaningful life across cultural divide. In hopes it'll hasten the much needed social change we envisage in this generation. There’s a need to bring life back into art by bringing art into life, so that the two can hold yunno a meaningful conversation consistently. In Africa, the tendency is to keep art involved with the people hence I’ve decided to do this and continue shining my light in the best way possible.”<br /><div><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/llW7-6arPf4" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /></div>Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-81194031155633582152018-03-09T14:41:00.001+01:002018-03-09T14:41:58.581+01:00Lil Kesh - Apa Mi (Prod. By Princeton)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mcZrS4UZM0g/WqKNu3QWZDI/AAAAAAAAESo/jLJwcurzjQ44cc_GYMXFhNB1wOKy1aGqwCLcBGAs/s1600/Lil_Kesh_-_Apa_Mi_%2528Prod__By_Princeton%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mcZrS4UZM0g/WqKNu3QWZDI/AAAAAAAAESo/jLJwcurzjQ44cc_GYMXFhNB1wOKy1aGqwCLcBGAs/s320/Lil_Kesh_-_Apa_Mi_%2528Prod__By_Princeton%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Lil Kesh aka Mr Yagi kickS off 2018 with his first official single entitled “Apa Mi” produced by Princeton.<br /><br /><br />Download and Enjoy!<br /><br />For Promotional Use Only. Click Here<br /><a href="http://www.datafilehost.com/get.php?file=230ff395" target="_blank"><br /></a><a href="http://www.datafilehost.com/get.php?file=230ff395" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD NOW</a>Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-54712990254984985562018-03-09T14:30:00.001+01:002018-03-09T14:30:38.998+01:00Skales - O’Crazy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fB8tkV3bUd8/WqKLgRJ7YfI/AAAAAAAAESc/dHglI1N6H4g1p4wpkChkii-Ne5Q4-1WLwCLcBGAs/s1600/Skales_-_O___Crazy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fB8tkV3bUd8/WqKLgRJ7YfI/AAAAAAAAESc/dHglI1N6H4g1p4wpkChkii-Ne5Q4-1WLwCLcBGAs/s320/Skales_-_O___Crazy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />After the successful release of 'Never Say Never Guy' album and Senrere featuring Koko master 'D'banj', Baseline entertainment artiste Skalesreleased a new jam entitled “O’Crazy” which was produced by Chopstix.<br /><br /><br />Download, Listen up and Enjoy<br /><a href="http://www.datafilehost.com/get.php?file=ea139f79" target="_blank"><br /></a><a href="http://www.datafilehost.com/get.php?file=ea139f79" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD NOW</a>Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-46840460147915434732018-03-09T14:24:00.001+01:002018-03-09T14:25:33.634+01:00Dice Ailes - Mr Bigg’s (Prod. by Killertunes)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcjGIHi214k/WqKKafIdrDI/AAAAAAAAESU/d3q9Bro9_CgvkZlT0ETz7yGwrRFZYO6_wCLcBGAs/s1600/Dice_Ailes_-_Mr_Bigg___s_%2528Prod__by_Killertunes%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcjGIHi214k/WqKKafIdrDI/AAAAAAAAESU/d3q9Bro9_CgvkZlT0ETz7yGwrRFZYO6_wCLcBGAs/s320/Dice_Ailes_-_Mr_Bigg___s_%2528Prod__by_Killertunes%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Chocolate City act 'Dice Ailes' back with new single after releasing ‘Otedola‘, Dice Ailes tagged this new tune titled ‘Mr Biggs’.With the excellent pop infused beat supplied by Killertunes, Dice Ailes Mr Biggs serenades his subject with teasing lyrics and the coolness of a college kid.<br /><br />Listen up and leave your comment!<br /><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2OPawrAyP58" width="638"></iframe><br /><br />For Promotional Use Only. 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Omarion – Get It Now (Remix)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3yxOVB9ZhQg/WqKJN2HZprI/AAAAAAAAESM/lkbLm4jypVAxRpwVpVVlAmAkwyEP-RC-QCLcBGAs/s1600/Tiwa-Savage-Get-It-Now-Remix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3yxOVB9ZhQg/WqKJN2HZprI/AAAAAAAAESM/lkbLm4jypVAxRpwVpVVlAmAkwyEP-RC-QCLcBGAs/s1600/Tiwa-Savage-Get-It-Now-Remix.jpg" /></a></div><br />Mavin Records first lady, Tiwa Savage premieres the remix for ‘Get It Now‘ which features American R&amp;B artiste, Omarion.<br /><br />The singer had earlier took to Instagram to announce the international collaboration.<br /><br />This follows the massive success of her Sugarcane EP which has songs ‘Ma Lo‘ and ‘Sugarcane‘ still trending on radio and TV.<br /><br />Hit the play button below, download and share you<br /><br />For Promotional Use Only<br /><br /><a href="http://www.datafilehost.com/get.php?file=0744b210" target="_blank"><br /></a><a href="http://www.datafilehost.com/get.php?file=0744b210" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD NOW</a>Slim Xclusivehttps://plus.google.com/102167709560090896341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-92013109333501644002018-03-06T16:34:00.002+01:002018-03-06T16:34:21.136+01:00Femi Otedola Dumps His Nokia Phones For iPhone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CdztGSKcxvk/Wp6zGvIHvQI/AAAAAAAADoc/FhtFE9C5x18MlZuCZZ-hglva8HRPKCMSACLcBGAs/s1600/Femi-Otedola.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="583" height="160" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CdztGSKcxvk/Wp6zGvIHvQI/AAAAAAAADoc/FhtFE9C5x18MlZuCZZ-hglva8HRPKCMSACLcBGAs/s320/Femi-Otedola.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Billionaire Oil Magnate, Femi Otedola took to his new social media account to share his Monday Motivation, of how he couldn’t fight the trend anymore and had to dump his old Nokia for iPhone.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-257300 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="257300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="dola" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dola.jpg?fit=400%2C267" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dola.jpg?fit=300%2C200" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dola.jpg?fit=400%2C267" data-orig-size="400,267" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/femi-otedola-dumps-nokia-phones-iphone/dola/" height="334" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dola.jpg?resize=500%2C334" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dola.jpg?w=400 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dola.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="500" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">He posted a photo with the inscription;</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM, YOU JOIN THEM…</em><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dumped my old Nokia phones for the new iPhones</em></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-257289 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="257289" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="femi otedola" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola.jpg?fit=552%2C744" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola.jpg?fit=223%2C300" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola.jpg?fit=552%2C744" data-orig-size="552,744" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/femi-otedola-dumps-nokia-phones-iphone/femi-otedola/" height="744" sizes="(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola.jpg?resize=552%2C744" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola.jpg?w=552 552w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola.jpg?resize=223%2C300 223w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola.jpg?resize=312%2C420 312w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="552" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Femi Otedola (born November 4, 1962) is a Nigerian businessman, entrepreneur philanthropist, and chairman of Forte Oil PLC, an importer of fuel products. He is also the founder of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, and the owner of a number of other businesses across shipping, real estate and finance</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">He is also the Father of Four of which Dj Cuppy and Temi Otedola are the most prominent.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Femi Otedola is said to be worth about US$550 million</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-257290 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="257290" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="femi otedola" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola-1.jpg?fit=377%2C679" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola-1.jpg?fit=167%2C300" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola-1.jpg?fit=377%2C679" data-orig-size="377,679" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/femi-otedola-dumps-nokia-phones-iphone/femi-otedola-2/" height="679" sizes="(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola-1.jpg?resize=377%2C679" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola-1.jpg?w=377 377w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola-1.jpg?resize=167%2C300 167w, https://i1.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/femi-otedola-1.jpg?resize=233%2C420 233w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="377" /></div><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 30px; margin: 27px 0px 17px;">Leave a Comment...</h3>Jidey Bashhttps://plus.google.com/111240594443449288899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-34132588118373655042018-03-06T11:10:00.000+01:002018-03-06T11:10:00.755+01:00VIDEO: Watch How Davido Falls On Stage During His Concert In Rwanda<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-415pHVd7vwE/Wp5ok_9eDiI/AAAAAAAADoM/TXabXFwjk_AZlcAqMytYuGNJnpaEzpE4gCLcBGAs/s1600/%255BUNSET%255D%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-415pHVd7vwE/Wp5ok_9eDiI/AAAAAAAADoM/TXabXFwjk_AZlcAqMytYuGNJnpaEzpE4gCLcBGAs/s320/%255BUNSET%255D%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>The life of an entertainer is not as easy as it seems and being a top notch entertainer doesn’t make it any easier – Davido describes this in a recent woe of his in Rwanda.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">The singer, who’s had less time for himself since he kick-started the first version of his 2018 ’30 Billion World Tour’, has this non leisure telling on him physically.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Just last night,&nbsp;Davido&nbsp;who had a performance at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda had to pick himself back up from kissing the floor after a botched entrance.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">He put on quite a show for his fans last night but the event which was held at the Rwanda stadium saw the “Flora My Flowa” crooner fall on stage as he attempted to make his grand entrance.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-231331 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="231331" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Davido-performig-at-Rhythm-Unplugged-copy-e1482603867178-1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Davido-performig-at-Rhythm-Unplugged-copy-e1482603867178-1-1.png?fit=640%2C353" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Davido-performig-at-Rhythm-Unplugged-copy-e1482603867178-1-1.png?fit=300%2C166" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Davido-performig-at-Rhythm-Unplugged-copy-e1482603867178-1-1.png?fit=674%2C372" data-orig-size="674,372" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/africa-music-fest-sarkodie-allowed-perform-davido-wizkid/davido-performig-at-rhythm-unplugged-copy-e1482603867178-1-2/" height="353" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Davido-performig-at-Rhythm-Unplugged-copy-e1482603867178-1-1.png?resize=640%2C353" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Davido-performig-at-Rhythm-Unplugged-copy-e1482603867178-1-1.png?w=674 674w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Davido-performig-at-Rhythm-Unplugged-copy-e1482603867178-1-1.png?resize=300%2C166 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Davido-performig-at-Rhythm-Unplugged-copy-e1482603867178-1-1.png?resize=640%2C353 640w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 21px; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">He was already at the top of the stairs to the stage, when his last step had him tripping and falling down ‘<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">yakata</em>‘ on the floor in front of the audience but he quickly got up and continued like a showman is supposed to.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">The video, as it should, surfaced online and upon seeing it on a page, he reacted as thus,</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-257113 td-animation-stack-type0-1" data-attachment-id="257113" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Davido falls" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Davido-falls.jpg?fit=640%2C353" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Davido-falls.jpg?fit=300%2C165" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Davido-falls.jpg?fit=720%2C397" data-orig-size="720,397" data-permalink="http://www.yabaleftonline.ng/davido-falls-stage-concert-rwanda-reacts-video/davido-falls/" height="353" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Davido-falls.jpg?resize=640%2C353" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Davido-falls.jpg?w=720 720w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Davido-falls.jpg?resize=300%2C165 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Davido-falls.jpg?resize=640%2C353 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.yabaleftonline.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Davido-falls.jpg?resize=681%2C375 681w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 6px auto 21px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;" width="640" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Watch him fall below:</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></strong></div><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k-scexXTtjE" width="640"></iframe>Jidey Bashhttps://plus.google.com/111240594443449288899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623763942184605457.post-70934361798399270212018-03-05T11:19:00.000+01:002018-03-06T09:08:41.568+01:00OSCARS 2018: Full lists of Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EqVzCCl_FcY/Wp0TNvHVyfI/AAAAAAAADno/oW5DlT9sRbQ1sNsoZX-E8JY2GlqskCFnACLcBGAs/s1600/oscars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="825" height="179" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EqVzCCl_FcY/Wp0TNvHVyfI/AAAAAAAADno/oW5DlT9sRbQ1sNsoZX-E8JY2GlqskCFnACLcBGAs/s320/oscars.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">The 90th Academy Awards held last night, 4th of March at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, United States with&nbsp;Jimmy Kimmel&nbsp;as the host.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">From&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Frances McDormand’s&nbsp;</strong>rousing speech to ‘<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Shape of Water</strong>‘ taking home the big prize, the 90th Academy Awards was filled with excitement for the movies and a celebration of women and equality.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">SEE FULL LIST OF WINNERS:</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE</strong><br />Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE</strong><br />Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM</strong><br />“A Fantastic Woman”<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;— WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Insult”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Loveless”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“On Body and Soul”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Square”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)</strong><br />“Edith + Eddie”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Heroin(e)”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Knife Skills”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Traffic Stop”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">DOCUMENTARY FEATURE</strong><br />“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Faces Places”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Icarus”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Last Men in Aleppo”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Strong Island”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ORIGINAL SONG</strong><br />“Mighty River,” “Mudbound”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Mystery of Love,” “Call Me by Your Name”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Remember Me,” “Coco”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Stand Up For Something,” “Marshall”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“This is Me,” “Greatest Showman”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ANIMATED FEATURE FILM</strong><br />“The Boss Baby”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Breadman”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Coco”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Ferdinand”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Loving Vincent”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</strong><br />“Call Me by Your Name”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Disaster Artist”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Logan”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Molly’s Game”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Mudbound”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</strong><br />“The Big Sick”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Get Out”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Lady Bird”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Shape of Water”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE</strong><br />Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE</strong><br />Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Meryl Streep, “The Post”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">DIRECTOR</strong><br />Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Jordan Peele, “Get Out”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Paul Thomas Anderson “Phantom Thread”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">— WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">BEST PICTURE</strong><br />“Call Me by Your Name”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Darkest Hour”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Dunkirk”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Get Out”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Lady Bird”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Phantom Thread”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Post”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Shape of Water”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">PRODUCTION DESIGN</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Beauty and the Beast”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Blade Runner 2049”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Darkest Hour”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Dunkirk”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Shape of Water”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">CINEMATOGRAPHY</strong><br />“Blade Runner 2049”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Darkest Hour”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Dunkirk”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Mudbound”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Shape of Water”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">COSTUME DESIGN</strong><br />“Beauty and the Beast”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Darkest Hour”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Phantom Thread”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Shape of Water”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Victoria and Abdul”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">SOUND EDITING</strong><br />“Baby Driver”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Blade Runner 2049”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Dunkirk”<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;— WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Shape of Water”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">SOUND MIXING</strong><br />“Baby Driver”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Blade Runner 2049”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Dunkirk”<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;— WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Shape of Water”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ANIMATED SHORT FILM</strong><br />“Dear Basketball”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Garden Party”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Lou”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Negative Space”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Revolting Rhymes”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM</strong><br />“DeKalb Elementary”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Eleven O’Clock”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“My Nephew Emmett”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Silent Child”<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;— WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Watu Wote/All of Us”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">ORIGINAL SCORE</strong><br />“Dunkirk”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Phantom Thread”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Shape of Water”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">VISUAL EFFECTS</strong><br />“Blade Runner 2049”<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;— WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Kong: Skull Island”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“War for the Planet of the Apes”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">FILM EDITING</strong><br />“Baby Driver”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Dunkirk”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“I, Tonya”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“The Shape of Water”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING</strong><br />“Darkest Hour”&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">—&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WINNER</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Victoria and Abdul”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">“Wonder”</div><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; 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